DOCUMENT:Q148132 08-AUG-2001 [winnt] TITLE :Swapable Floppy/CD-ROM Components Support on NEC Versa 4050C PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER:3.50 3.51 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51 - Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The NEC Versa 4050C computer allows you to inter-exchange or swap between a floppy disk drive and an IDE CD-ROM drive. Windows NT does not allow you to start with any media component. For example, you cannot start Windows NT with a floppy disk drive and then immediately restart your component with a an IDE CD-ROM drive. A "STOP: 0x0000007B: Inaccessible Boot Device" blue screen appears if you start with a component that has not been configured in Windows NT. MORE INFORMATION ================ To start Windows NT on the NEC Versa 4050C computer: 1. Configure the following devices to the recommended settings in Control Panel Devices. If you start Windows NT with a floppy disk drive as one of your hardware components, see Startup for Floppy in the table below. If you start Windows NT with a CD-ROM drive as one of your hardware components, see Startup for IDE CD-ROM. Device Startup for Floppy Startup for IDE CD-ROM ------ ------------------ ---------------------- ATDISK BOOT SYSTEM ATAPI BOOT BOOT FLOPPY SYSTEM SYSTEM 2. Verify that both ATAPI.SYS and ATDISK.SYS reside in the following directory: %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers NOTE: Copy the missing file(s) from the Windows NT compact disc to the directory mentioned above. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q125933 TITLE : STOP 0x0000007B: Inaccessible Boot Device After Removing CD-ROM The NEC products included here are manufactured by NEC Technologies, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability. Additional query words: 3.50 3.51 boot ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search Version : 3.50 3.51 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.